Monthly Archives: August 2014

Happy Birthday! Two year countdown until the BIG party that celebrates the centennial of national parks in the USA. Today (August 25) is Founder’s Day, a good opportunity to learn about the US conservation movement and bonus (!) free entrance to … Continue reading →

Today we are treated to a livestreaming event from the United Nations, 3pm New York City time webcast at webtv.un.org commemorating the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We also enjoyed a global tweetchat hosted by India’s The Alternative … Continue reading →

More good news! By way of India, we are co-hosting the #Untravel Indigenous Travel Tweetchat, tomorrow at 7:30am PDT, 8pm IST. A tweetchat is simply a series of questions and answers posed on Twitter. Also be aware that while Saturday is the International … Continue reading →

Hanging out Tuesday with friends from Outbounding and Transitions Abroad, I decided to be a bit provocative. Since the topic was evaluating media coverage of indigenous tourism, I asked the participants whether they were satisfied. The consensus was a clear … Continue reading →

We are off to a swell start for Indigenous Peoples Week. I judge the success of an event by two factors: how surprised I am by what others share and how pleased I am by making contact with old friends. … Continue reading →

Has it been four years?! Hanging out with Anders of Nutti Sámi Siida, we both expressed a certain sense of incredulity that time could have passed so quickly since we launched Indigenous Peoples Week in 2011. Back then and now, … Continue reading →